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GEORGE AMOS WAGAR, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,724, dated November 18, 1902.

Application filed December 2l, 1901. Serial No. 86,818. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, GEORGE AMos WAC-mma citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally toironingboards, and more particularly to an improved attachment therefor by means of which the head of the board is securely fastened to the wall, partition, or other rigid object.

The object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap and simple attaching means capable of use in connection with any of the forms of ironing-boards, requiring only an ordinary screw or nail to be used in connection with the attachment for securing the board to the wall, partition, or other rigid body.

Vith this object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination herewith fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a pai-tof this specifcation, Figure l is a perspective view showing the practical application of my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the manner of connecting the board to the wallor partition. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the board-supporting frame, and Fig. et is a detail perspective view showing the manner of arranging and securing the locking-plate.

In carrying out my invention I preferably provide a board-supportingframe comprising the side beams A, forward connecting-piece B, and rear connecting-piece O, said side beams having supporting -legs D pivotally connected thereto, which legs are connected by means of a round or bar D". When not in use, these legs are adapted to be folded up inside of the frame. The side beams A are also connected by means of a block or strip.

is angled or bent upward, as shown at F, and

slotted vertically, as at F2, said upturned end being wedge-shaped, as shown, the base or lower end being broader. The ironingboard proper, G, is attached to the frame in any suitable manner, and at its forward or head end is cut away, as shown at Gr,in order to expose the beveled and bifurcated end of the locking-plate.

H indicates an ordinary screw or nail driven or screwed into the wall, partition, or other rigid object and which the beveled and bifurcated end of the lockingplate is adapted to engage, as clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 2, the said plate being moved up under the head of the screw or nail before the supportinglegs are dropped. After the said legs have been dropped to the perpendicular position a slight pressure is exerted upon the outer end of the frame, thereby forcing the inner end upwardly and fitting the wedge-shaped end of the locking-plate tightly against the screw or nail. An ironingboard thus connected and supported will be found sufficiently steady for all practical purposes. When itis desired to disengage the locking-plate from the hook or screw, a slight knock upon the forward end ot' the board will serve to partially disengage the said plate, and the legs can then be folded up and the board entirely disengaged from the said nail or screw.

It is obvious that any construction of ironingboard may be employed in connection with my frame and that any suitable supporting means can also be employed in connection with the said frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In an ironing-board, the combination of a frame, an ironing-board proper adapted to rest thereon, an angular plate attached to one end of said frame, one member of which is wedge-shaped and extends upwardly, said' ating with Said pvoted legs to Spport the cated, and the board proper attached to the board, substantially aS described. Supporting-frame and cut away at its forward Io 2. An ironing-board comprising a frame, end to expose the upwardly-projecting bifurhaving a suitable support connected thereto, cated portion ot the locking-plate as set forth.

an angular locking-plate connected to the l GEORGE AMOS WAGAR.

said frame at the forward or head end of the l VVitnesSes:

same, the upwardly-projecting member of WILSONSGHOONOVER, said plate being wedge-shaped and bifur- RAY S. AVERILL. 

